queue

Meanings

1. 1
   noun An animal's tail.
2. 2
   noun A men's hairstyle whose primary attribute is a braid or ponytail at the back of the head, such as that worn by men in Imperial China.
3. 3
   noun A line of people, vehicles or other objects, in which one at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on, and which newcomers join at the opposite end (the back).
4. 4
   noun A waiting list or other means of organizing people or objects into a first-come-first-served order.
5. 5
   noun A data structure in which objects are added to one end, called the tail, and removed from the other, called the head (- a FIFO queue). The term can also refer to a LIFO queue or stack where these ends coincide.
6. 6
   verb To put oneself or itself at the end of a waiting line.
7. 7
   verb To arrange themselves into a physical waiting queue.
8. 8
   verb To add to a queue data structure.
9. 9
   verb To fasten the hair into a queue.